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** Though [https://twitter.com/#!/hodgman/status/200940727910404096 he claims it was unintentional], it's hard not to think of the Judge John Hodgman podcast when Dr. Heidi says "I think I have everything I need to make my decision."
* [[Adult Fear]]: Troy wants your nightmares to avoid this.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The reasons stated for various study group members being at Greendale include divorce, lost scholarship, pill addiction, and disbarment. Pierce's reason is simply stated as "old."
* [[Bedlam House]]: The {{spoiler|fictional}} Greendale Asylum; patients are crammed into locked, badly-lighted wards in straitjackets, while orderlies either watch their antics in amusement or abet sadistic experiments performed by the [[Mad Scientist|lab-coated doctors]] in charge.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Shirley learns the hard way not to favourably compare Brett Ratner with Steven Spielberg in front of Abed.
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** Abed [[Noodle Incident|trying to remove his own tonsils in order to avoid seeing a doctor]] was probably brought about by negative experiences with hospitalization when he was a kid, as shown in [[Community (TV)/Recap/S1 E03 Introduction to Film|his autobiographical documentary]].
*** His reluctance to see Dr. Heidi also calls back to "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E11 Abeds Uncontrollable Christmas|Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas]], where he also automatically responded to Professor Duncan's suggestions of therapy with "I don't need therapy." The earlier episode also required the entire study group to be there to help him through it as well.
* [[Ceiling Banger]]/[[Big "Shut Up!"]]: Annie resorts to this in [[The Tag]].
* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: The Study Group, and by extension the audience, is led to believe this is happening to the entire three years at Greendale. {{spoiler|Subverted: it takes the study group all of five seconds after leaving Dr. Heidi's office (well, it takes Pierce a bit longer) to realize that he's feeding them a load of horseshit and that they have copious amounts of evidence to prove him wrong.}}
* [[Clip Show]]: Like [[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E21 Paradigms of Human Memory|Paradigms Of Human Memory]] the idea is spoofed. Hell it even references [[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E21 Paradigms of Human Memory|Paradigms Of Human Memory]].
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* [[Dresses the Same]]: The Dean runs Darcy off due to her wearing the same clothes as Annie.
* [[The Ending Changes Everything]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Heidi tries to pull this on the study group, [[Subverted Trope|but they see through it pretty quickly]].}}
* [[Dutch Angle]]: Just before the revelation of {{spoiler|Greendale Asylum}}, there are several rapid shots that use this technique. Troy also gets an individual one {{spoiler|when he's the only one who buys into Dr. Heidi's suggestion that they're dead and he's the Devil}} before Jeff [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|slaps him out of it.]]
* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: Dr. Heidi literally [[Invoked|invokes]] this at one point {{spoiler|but by this point no one's buying it.}}
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: While the group is remembering some of the deranged things Chang has done, {{spoiler|Dr. Heidi sneaks out the window}} without any of them noticing.
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So if someone offers to tell you a "meth time story"...pass.<br />
"If Grieving you is wrong...I don't want to be right." [[Meaningful Name|C. Hawk Bored]] }}
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Jeff slaps Troy to {{spoiler|keep him from falling for another of Heidi's [[Mind Screw]] explanations}}.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: The camera cuts away before Troy's [[What the Fu Are You Doing|karate chop strikes the table]].
* [[Groin Attack]]: Chang uses a [[Static Stun Gun|stun gun]] on himself ''twice'', probably as [[Training From Hell]].
* [[Group Hug]]: The group has one at the end, contrasting with the Dean's failed one last episode.
* [[Hey
** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Olaf the Troll]]/[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose|Kubiak]] has a one line cameo as a senior orderly.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Officer Cackowski, the recurring police officer, is a fan of ''[[Inspector Spacetime]]'' ("If this were Comic-Con, I'd [[Taking the Bullet|take a bullet]] for that kid.") and watches a lot of ''[[Antiques Roadshow (TV)|Antiques Roadshow]]'' to the point where he is able to identify an antique pre-[[The American Civil War|Civil War]] brick.
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* [[Mind Screw]]: Dr. Heidi pulls several of these on the study group. {{spoiler|Subverted, as it doesn't take them very long to realize he's just making stuff up.}}
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: In one of the flashbacks, Britta shows up to the study room with wild, frizzed hair full of various small items, ruined day-old makeup, and presumably a banana in her pants. As she sits down, she nonchalantly asks [[I Have This Friend|for a friend]] how long peyote lasts.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|Chang could have dealt with Abed by pressing charges and getting a restraining order. The alternate solution of getting Abed committed snowballs into an attempt to convince the whole study group that they're crazy and drive them away from Greendale. The session just serves to help them realize that Abed's right and that the Dean has been replaced with an impostor.}}
** Keep in mind that even if the "Dean" did press charges against Abed, it could have blown up in his face too. Such as the study group confronting the "Dean" and realizing he was a fake by themselves.
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
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** Abed narrates that Pierce has "[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|Time Enough at Last]]" to eat a sandwich. As Pierce leaves in frustration, Abed narrates that [[Stranger Than Fiction|he believes that he is in a novel]].
** The Dean reveals that the paintball prize is tickets to a ''[[Chicago]]'' performance featuring George Wendt and Stefanie Powers. His short black wig resembles Velma Kelly.
** Chang exclaims "I said hot damn!" in the style of [[Uma Thurman]]'s Mia Wallace in ''[[Pulp Fiction (Film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' after [[I Can't Believe
** Both of the psychiatrist's "revelations" about Greendale {{spoiler|that they were in an asylum the whole time and that they were trapped in purgatory}} were two of the more popular fan theories about the crash survivors in ''[[Lost]]''. The asylum setting homages ''[[Shutter Island]]''.
*** "We have to go back" are Arc Words used in ''[[Lost]]''
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** Britta attempts to hold Troy's very bruised hand. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Skyward Scream]]: "Lame!"
* [[
* [[Stealth Pun]]: [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rf3p0t2X1r2luwko1_1280.jpg Dr. Heidi, PsyD]
* [[Take That]]:
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** Later, averted and lampshaded:
{{quote| '''Troy:''' I knew it!<br />
'''Jeff:''' [''[[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|slaps Troy]]''] Stop letting him make you realize things. }}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The role of Dr. Heidi was originally written for [[Nathan Fillion]], who had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts.
** Funny enough, there had been SEVERAL roles written for John Hodgman in the past (including City College Dean Spreck) that HE had to pull out of.
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